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Announcing our 2023 blog-building fellows
Also: What I've been reading, September 2023
Sep 13
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Jason Crawford
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Bangalore meetups, Sep 5 and 6
Also: How ancient people manipulated water, and more
Sep 1
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August 2023
What does it mean to “trust science”?
Also: Jason Crawford in Bangalore, August 21 to September 8
Aug 17
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Jason Crawford
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What I've been reading, July–August 2023
Also: Help us expand the blog-building program to 5 more talented writers
Aug 9
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Jason Crawford
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July 2023
Why no Roman Industrial Revolution?
Also, podcasts: Future of Life Institute, Breakthrough Science Summit panel
Jul 28
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Jason Crawford
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Highlights from The Industrial Revolution, by T. S. Ashton
Adam Smith, working conditions, individualism, and why did we wait so long for the Industrial Revolution?
Jul 20
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Jason Crawford
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Announcing The Roots of Progress Blog-Building Intensive
Launch a blog, get into a regular writing habit, improve your writing, and begin building your audience
Jul 11
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Jason Crawford
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If you wish to make an apple pie, you must first become dictator of the universe
Will AI inevitably seek power?
Jul 6
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Jason Crawford
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June 2023
Levels of safety for AI and other technologies
Also: The environment as infrastructure
Jun 28
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Jason Crawford
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Developing a technology with safety in mind
Lessons from the Wright Brothers
Jun 16
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Jason Crawford
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A plea for solutionism on AI safety
The best path forward is to acknowledge the risks and come up with a plan to solve them
Jun 9
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What I've been reading, June 2023
Visions of highways, T. S. Ashton, H. G. Wells, and more
Jun 6
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